Shoe-blacking box.



No; 877,164, PATENTED JAN.21, 1908.

G. L. BLAGKMAN,

SHOE BLAGKING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onruon.

GEORGE L. BLAOKMAN, OF WHITESVILLE, NEW YORK.

SHOE-BLAOKING- BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed March 8, 1907- Serial No- 361.307-

.Blacking Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe blacking boxes or cabinets.

The object of the invention is to provide a box of this character adapted to contain brushes and other implements for cleaning and blacking shoes and having means there'- on whereby the blacking operation may be facilitated.

A further object is to provide a shoe blacking box having attachments to facilitate the blacking operation, said attachments being applied to the box in such manner that they may be folded inwardly and inclosed in the box when not in use.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing the same when closed and not in use; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the position of the parts when the box is in use; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box in open position, s lowing in full lines the position of the polishing cloth guides when not in use and in dotted lines the position of the guides when engaged by the polishing cloth; and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view through the box when closed and not in use.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the box or cabinet, which may be of any suitable shape and constructed of any suitable material. The box 1 is here shown and is preferably rectangular in shape and of such size as to be readily carried in a valise. The box 1 is provided with a cover 2, which is hinged at one end and isprovided at its opposite end with a spring catch or clasp 3 by means of which the cover is held in closed position. On the inner side of the box cover 2 adjacent to each edge thereof are secured clips 4, in which are pivotally mounted angularly bent inwardly-turned ends of polishing cloth guides 5. The guides 5 when opened out in a position for use are adapted to engage the under side of the cover and to project laterally beyond the side edges of the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. When the guides 5 are in an open position for use and the cover of the box closed, the angularly bent ends of said guides are adapted to rest in notches or grooves 6 formed in the upper edges of the sides of the box, as shown, said grooves servv ing to firmly hold and brace the guides when in use. When the box is in closed position, and not in use, the guides 5 are adapted to be swung downwardly and inwardly at right angles to the cover 2, in which position they will be inclosed within the box when the cover thereof is shut down.

In the body of the box is adapted to be placed the blacking dauber, polishing .brushes, blacking and other articles neede for polishing the shoes. When the box is arranged in osition for use with the guides 5 projecting aterally from the sides thereof, the foot is placed. upon the box and the ends of the polishing cloth inserted through and beneath said guides and over the shoe, thus greatly facilitating the reciprocating action of the polishing cloth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is r 1. A blacking box having a hinged cover and polishing cloth guides having arms disposed transversely with relation to and pivotally mounted on the inner side of said cover and adapting said guides to be folded against one side of said cover or extended outwardly beyond the same, substantially as described.

2. In a blacking box having a hinged cover, cli s secured to the inner side of said cover, 0 ishing cloth guides having right angular ybent inwardly-turned ends adapted to pivotally engage said clips, whereby said guides may be sWun outwardly to project laterally from the si es of the boX in position for use and whereby the same may be 5 folded inwardly and adapted to be inclosed in the box when the cover is shut down, said uides being held in an open osition for use y meansfof notches forms in the upper edges of the sides of the box to receive the anglularly bent ends of the guides, substan- 10 tia y as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE L. BLAOKMAN. Witnesses: 1

FRED S. BLAcKMAN,

M. N. ALLEN. 

